Fire extinguisher apparatus



June 20, 1933. w BRONANDER 1,914,710

FIRE EXTINGUISHER APPARATUS Filed April 19, 1929 INVENTOR W/e/m EBrammikr BY WLWM 1 ATTORNE 5 Patented June 20, 1933 UNITED STATES WILHELM B. BRONANDER, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY FIRE nxrmeursnnn ArrAnA'rus Application. filed April 19, 1929. SerialNo. 356,469,

This invention relates to fire extinguisher apparatus and particularly to a cabinet or receptacle adapted for use in transporting fire extinguisher containers or grenades.

The invention has for its object to provide a cabinet having means therein adapted to hold or retain a plurality of frangible grenades or containers in such a manner that the grenades will be held against accidental removal or contact with each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet adapted for supporting and transporting fire extinguisher containers and having means for supporting the containers in such a manner that they can be readily and quickly withdrawn from the supports.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following specification taken in connection with the drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention, the cabinet being shown open;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet, the cover being removed;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation of a cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 4C is a sectional elevation taken substantially on line H of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one of the resilient clamping elements.

The invention briefly described consists of a cabinet having a partition therein and means carried by the partition for supporting a plurality of frangible containers. The partition has a plurality of openings therein adapted to receive reduced end portions of the grenades or fire extinguisher containers, and resilient clamping members are provided on opposite sides of each opening and extend laterally from the partition for engaging and embracing enlarged portions of the grenades.

Further details of the invention will appear from the following description.

In the particular form of the invention illustrated, there is shown a box or cabinet having a top 10, a bottom 11, a back 12, and ends 13 and 14:. A handle 15 is secured to 50 the top.

A partition 20 is secured in the cabinet intermediatethe front and back thereof and has formed therein a plurality of flanged openings 21. The cabinet is particularly de signed to support and hold frangible grenades of the pear-shaped typehaving re-- duced portions 22 adapted to fit within the flanged openings 21. I r

A pair of resilient clamping members 30 and 3la-re secured on opposite sides of each opening. Each clamping'member haslegs 32 and 33 adapted to be secured beneath lugs 34: formed on the partition, and also has a laterally extending portion, preferably U- shaped, as shown at 35. Each portion 35 is 6 curved, as shown at 36, and is adapted to en gage the outer enlarged portion 40 of the grenade. Each leg is disposed under a pair of lugs and has at the end thereof an angularly bent portion 37 adapted to prevent move ment of the leg in the lugs. It will be seenfrom the showing in Fig. 3 that the outer portion of the grenade is substantially spherical in shape and that the curved portions 36 engage the portions 40 at points beyond the portion of the grenade havingthe maximum diameter. Thus the portions 36 of the clamp efiectively hold the grenades from accidental removal from the clamps. Furthermore, the flanges surrounding the openings 21 engage the reduced portions 2% of the grenades and prevent any relative movement between the grenades and the support.

It will also be noted that the grenades are supported in such a manner that they cannot" come into contact with each other but will be effectively held in spaced relation to each other.

A cover 50 is hinged, as shown at 51, to the bottom of the cabinet, and is adapted to swing upwardly and be secured by a latch 52 which coacts with a loop 53 formed on the top of the cabinet.

The uses of a cabinet such as that above described will be obvious. The cabinet shown is adapted to hold six grenades and in case of fire the grenades can be conveniently transported in the cabinet and can be readily and quickly withdrawn for use.

Although one specific embodiment of the invention has been particularly shown and described, it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parts may be made Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, as expressed in the following claim.

What I claim is:

A cabinet for frangible fire extinguisher grenades comprising a box having a partition therein, said partition having flanged openings, the flanges surrounding the openings and projecting laterally from one face of the partition, and having lugs projecting from the opposite face of the partition, a pair of resilient clamping elements secured by said lugs to the partition and disposed on opposite sides of each opening and equi-distant therefrom and arranged to grip and retain a fire extinguisher grenade having a reduced end proj ecting through the opening, said resilient elements and openings being so arranged on the partition as to space the grenades from each other and from the walls of the cabinet.

WILHELM B. BRONANDER. 

